Episode 244: March 21, 2010

For some reason, I always wind up doing a show on Irish whiskies around St. Patrick’s Day. Irish whiskies have the fastest-growing sales in many markets, and we’ll get some ideas why from Abigeal Hendron of Michael Collins Irish Whiskey. Bushmills Master Distiller Colum Egan explains what he’s looking for as Bushmills starts a competition to find someone to spend 30 days working at the distillery this autumn, and I’ll compare two distillery bottlings with independent bottlings in the “What I’m Tasting This Week Department.”